the

KIDS From The Hope Institute Learning Academy

Topics

Each newsletter will highlight several

topics we have discussed and researched

during our after school meetings. Some of

the topics we discussed that we plan to

share with you are:

Apps reviews

Online Safety

Website reviews

Bullying/Cyber-bullying

Upcoming holidays and celebrations

Author/Illustrator birthdays

Book reviews

Healthy Living

o Cooking

o Gardening

o Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

o Environmental Awareness

o Physical fitness

Dear H.I.L.A. Families,

We are creating a student newsletter during after school

so families will know what we are learning. We are

learning tips on what good readers do, how to pick out

good fit books, how to share books and computers, fun

online resources and so much more. Please see our

Topics outline to the right. We hope you have fun and

learn a lot from our newsletter too.

Sincerely,

Your friends from the after school program

F A L L 2 0 1 2

THE KIDS FALL 2012

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Scholastic Book Fair The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to

the Hope Institute Learning Academy

Library on Friday October 22 through

Monday October 29. Students will get

two chances to visit the Book Fair

during their library lesson.

The Library is looking for parents and

families to volunteer their time to make

the Book Fair a success for the entire

school community!

Justina says, “the Book Fair has tons of books that we can buy and then take it home and keep it forever. If your book gets

torn up, you can bring it to Ms. Thurston and she can try to repair it. Justina would really like to buy the Barbie book if she can.

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Birthday Book Program Begins!

The Birthday Book Program is a

great way for each family to celebrate the student's birthday while contributing to the School Library. Each child can select a book from the “Birthday List” during his or her birthday month to gift to the Library. A book plate, with a dedication in the student's name will be placed in the book. That student will be the first one to take the book home before it is placed in circulation. The program will begin in September and students with

July, August

and September birthdays can select

and donate their birthday book from the "Birthday List". Students with birthdays during the remaining months of the academic year will choose and gift their book during their birthday month. Students with birthdays in June and July will choose and gift their book in May so they can enjoy them before the school year ends. The Library requests that all Birthday Books gifted to the Library be new and hard cover. You and your

student may gift their birthday book any time throughout the year. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Thurston at kthurston@thehopeinstitute.us.

Fun Kid Recipe: Ants on a

Log by Martha Stewart

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Recommended Magazine: National Geographic

for Kids

Fayha says, “the magazine is funny, it has

nice information and colorful pictures. I

looked at the Halloween issue and my

favorite part was the article on Amazing

Animals because I liked the clothes and

jewelry and their hard work making the

costumes for the dogs and horse.”

Mariah looked at many different types of games

in the Games section on the National

Geographic Kids website.

Fayha looked at the Fun Stuff section on

National Geographic Kids website and enjoyed

the Cool Clicks. At Cool Clicks Fayha saw a lot

of fun pictures and read about book reviews, learned

jokes, found delicious kid friendly recipes, many more

activities.

Mariah watched a video on the National

Geographic Kids website. She watched the video

“Spooky Spider”. “I liked it because it was spooky

when they showed a lot of different spiders.”

The Kindness of Rangers (about 12 minutes long)

is another of many videos available. Mariah has

seen this video at home and really enjoyed it. She

says it’s a must watch.

Recommended Website: National Geographic Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

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Recommended Website: Ed Emberley at

www.EdEmberley.com

Ed Emberley’s birthday is in the month of

October so we thought we would visit

and review his website for the

newsletter. Ed Emberley is an author

and illustrator who has published many

books that teach children how to draw. The after

school students visited his website and learned how to draw

some interesting pictures. Please enjoy their hard work and

reviews!

Justina said Ed Emberley’s website is fun because you can learn all sorts of things about his stories.

Fayha said, “it’s cool because I like the scary skeleton that I am making from his website.”

Mariah liked learning how to draw a house just like Ed Emberley

Anna drew the front cover of Thanks Mom which she discovered on the website.

Holidays and Celebrations THE KIDS FALL 2012

September October Labor Day: Monday 3 Sukkot: Monday 1 Rosh Hashanah: Monday 17 Columbus Day: Monday 8 Yom Kippur: Wednesday 26 Shemini Atzeret: Monday 8 Eid al-Adha: Thursday 25 Halloween: 31, 2012

Our plans to celebrate: Fayha says "for Halloween I get candy and make costumes, like zombie's mummies and monsters." This year Fayha would like to dress as a fairy or a zombie for Halloween. Justina says "I celebrate Halloween, Labor Day and Columbus Day. For Halloween I am going to be a Princess, the same as I was last year." Ms. Thurston celebrates Halloween too. She remembers as a kid, she dressed as a pink crayola crayon for five years in a row. "I loved being a pink crayon," says Ms. Thurston.

Author and Illustrator Birthdays